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Image: TorAs io9 co-founders Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders acted as Toastmasters during the Hugo awards ceremony at Chicon, the 80th World Science Fiction and Fantasy convention, they were also awarded with some Hugos of their very own!Other notable winners included Arkady Martine’s A Desolation Called Peace, which is the second novel in her Teixcalaan series, and the second in the series to win a Hugo. The first book, A Memory Called Empire, won in 2020. Another big winner was publisher Tor, which published…

Eternally YoursImage: Viking Books for Young ReadersFall is nearly upon us and book publishers seem especially excited for the new season, unleashing dozens of new releases for fans of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror tales. September brings monsters, time-travel, witches, sneaky royals, supernatural killers, hostile alien planets, mermaids, and so much more.02:5710 Horror Docs You Should Watch Part 2Yesterday 6:40PMImage: Head of ZeusLost in Time by A.G. RiddleIn a future where killers are sent to the distant past, the…

Image: DC, Boom! Studios, Viz Media, and WebtoonThis weekend is San Diego Comic-Con, and that means more than just big comics and TV/film-related news. It means that it’s time for the comic industry to celebrate itself via the yearly Eisner Awards, and from the sound of things, the awards show thankfully went fairly smoothly this year...as long as you ignore most of the attendees not being masked up, it seems.Who won the 2022 Eisner Awards at SDCC 2022?Who won Best Short Story at the 2022 Eisners? “Funeral in Foam,” by…

Image: Warner Bros.Stephen King has been successful for a long time, but the last five or six years especially have been very good for the prolific author. He’s had multiple high profile bestsellers becoming big-budget adaptations for TV and film of his most popular works, to say nothing of the many books he still manages to put out on a frequent basis. If you’ve found yourself thinking that you’re in need of new King to read, then you’ll be possibly pleased to hear that he’s working on a new novella. Bloody Disgusting’s…